Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam today urged the civil and police administration of the State to adopt a more humanitarian approach while dealing with patients of substance abuse.   “Victims of substance abuse should be treated as patients who need care and not as offenders or culprits. We have to reach out to them by adopting a humanitarian approach and counseling them in order to eradicate the menace of substance abuse. The victims should be rehabilitated properly and returned to the society without scars of past,” he said.   The Chief Secretary was s ... Read More

A Vaishno Devi pilgrim died of suspected cardiac arrest at Bhawan located in Trikuta Hills of Katra town in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.   “An information was received from Dispensary Bhawan that one pilgrim Duryodhan Pradhan, 63, resident of 71 Pump Road, Ward Number 17 Chakradharpur, Pashchimi   Singhbhum, Jharkhand, suddenly fell unconscious near X-Ray machine at Bhawan,” police here said.   He was on his way from Katra to Bhawan.   “He was immediately shifted to dispensary at Bhawan, where doctors d ... Read More

Indian Railways has planted 13.26 lakh trees over 1,300 km of its network from September 15 to October 2, as part of the celebrations to mark the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an official statement said Tuesday. The Railways ministry was observing ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa Pakhwada’ across its network during the period. On Tuesday, Railways administered Swachhta (cleanliness) pledge to its personnel. Two days each were proposed to be devoted to Swachh Station, Swachh Train, Swachh Neer, Swachh Parisar, Swachh Samwad, Swachh Awareness across the entire network of Ind ... Read More

The Governor’s administration in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday accorded sanction to the constitution of ‘District Road Safety Committees’ to ensure effective implementation of State Road Safety Policy. According to the order issued by Principal Secretary Transport Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, the Committees will be headed by concerned Deputy Commissioner. The members of the Committees are respective Senior Superintendent of Police, Superintendent Engineer (R&B), Executive Engineer (R&B), Executive Engineer (I&FC), Chief Medical Officer and Chief Education Officer ... Read More

Army troops busted a suspected terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district and recovered a cache of arms, an official said.   Acting on a tip-off, a search operation was conducted in Kuddhar area of Bhagwah block and recovered arms, ammunition and explosive material, a defence spokesperson said.   The recoveries included two AK rifles, 355 rounds, and three magazines, one UBGL (underbarrel grenade launchers), four Chinese grenades and as many UBGL grenades, the spokesperson added. ... Read More

Four people were arrested for allegedly possessing illicit liquor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said.   A police team arrested Surinder Singh and Raman Singh from Rajpura and Gagwal belts and recovered 115 and 50 bottles of illicit liquor respectively, a police officer said.     Another person, Deepak Kumar, was held from a railway station in Bari Brahmana town and as many as 449 bottles of country-made whisky was recovered., the officer said.   In Samba town, Vijay Kumar was arrested with 51 bottles of illicit liquor, th ... Read More